UFC Rally Cars Debut at X Games

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – For the first-time ever, millions of action
sports thrill-seekers will see the UFC® and its matching event numbers
racing around the ESPN X Games this weekend live on ESPN, all as part
of a cross-promotional partnership with PMR Motorsports.

ESPN
viewers and X Games fans packed inside the LA Coliseum won’t miss the
trademark UFC logo and numbers “117” and “118” on the 2007 Subaru
Impreza WRX STI Rally Cars driven by Patrick Moro and Timothy Rooney of
PMR Motorsports. 117 and 118 symbolize the next two blockbuster UFC
events coming up in August.

"The UFC and the XGames are the perfect combination, and it's an honor
for UFC 117 and UFC 118 to be represented on the PMR Motorsports rally
cars," said Dana White, UFC President.

“I am very excited to have UFC on board with us for X Games 16,” said
Moro. “I think we are opening new doors to our sport everyday and I’m
glad that PMR is the company that has a chance to prove these
relationships can absolutely work both ways. The competition is going
to be very fast as every year is at the X Games, but I have faith that
our freshly built cars will be able to closely compete with them. I
still didn’t really have a chance to celebrate our Super Production
Championship and we are off to the next event. It is going to be a
great one!”

“It
is an honor to be invited to X Games for a driver that competed in his
first rally event just two years ago,” said Rooney. “This experience
alone will be one of a kind for me, not to mention having UFC there
with us. I can’t wait to step into our new cars and hit the gas pedal.”

UFC 117 takes place next Saturday, August 7th, live from the Oracle
Arena in Oakland, featuring UFC Middleweight Champion and the greatest
pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Anderson “The Spider” Silva, vs.
Chael Sonnen.

A pronounced fan of the X Games, Silva was in attendance last night for
the Moto X Freestyle Final, Women’s Super X Final and Men’s Super X
Final.

UFC 118, featuring reigning champion Frankie Edgar in a rematch with BJ
Penn, and three-time boxing champion James Toney vs. five-time UFC
champion Randy Couture, is taking place live from TD Garden in Boston
on Saturday, August 28.

Fans can catch the live Rally Car Racing and SuperRally action LIVE on
ESPN, Saturday, July 31st from 4:00pm – 7:00pm PT, and 7:15pm – 8:00pm
PT.